pls pm me, but seriously 10k is abt 3k usd, you can't buy much

i don't think 10k is enough to be honest.

not attempting to belittle you, but once you factor in, the fixed/variable brokerage fees et cetera, it might not be beneficial.

to make things worse, even remitting the money from the states over to your malaysian bank account will incur a fee.

The board lot in US is 1 share. So, technically, as long as u have around USD 358 which is apple current price, you can invest already. Open an account with a US based broker rather than a Malaysia one as the Malaysian-based charges will probably kill you. Google for discount brokers in US. Some transaction fees can be a low as 2-3USD.  Interactive brokers can go as low as USD 1 but your capital is not sufficient to open an Interactive brokers account. Transferring money to and from US will set you back at another RM200-300. But, if you are there in the long term, this shouldn't be a problem. Only use cash that you can afford to invest, if the 10k is the cash that you can afford, meaning you have other money set aside, this should not be a problem as you don't need to withdraw and bank in money that often.

You can also gain exposure by buying options, which is much cheaper than buying the shares itself. For longer term, I think Apple should have LEAPS, so can buy that also. But, if you are inexperienced, start with plain vanilla equity first.

BTW, this is an opinion on how to buy shares, not the shares itself. Buy at your own risks and do the due diligence.

Why Apple?

Why not others?

And really, RM 10k is peanuts if you investing overseas stock market. Invest in local stock market will bring better result. No?

at the current trend Apple is performing (profit after profit and rapid gain of market share), it is actually a good buy.

what solid reason it hav? besides more market capitalization?
what is the solid reason apple will gain til USD1000? look at the momentum now, yeah good buy but when I look again, its already peak cycle. Which the question, what other fundamentals run tat support the next 650 % gain?

About $75. For me AAPL make much more money for me than MCD.

PS there are the only 2 NYSE share I'm familiar with.

is AAPL leads the stock market rather than Google now ?

for those who interested in US stock investment using online broker, pls refer to my blog.
http://mystockinvest.blogspot.com/2011/03/...e-us-stock.html